Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

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Just curious. Any new grad RNs having a hard time finding a job? I graduated in Dec. and CAN'T find a job to save my life. I've applied for numerous jobs at all the hospitals and various clinics on the coast and STILL haven't gotten anything. Is anyone else having this problem? Any advice/suggestions? I'm willing to commute to get experience...

"Well.. I hope Mississippi.. since that is what board we are on. "

I navigated to this page while I was searching, but since you are so quippy, I know of an opening for a new grad on day shift at the hospital I work for in Mississippi on the Gulf Coast, since that is what state I live in and was the reason I was asking.

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cocochanel, I graduated in Dec too, I work for OS hospital and I think we may be hiring a new grad and an exp nurse. My boss told me that over 75 applicants applied to a recent posting. Alot of getting an interview seems to be about "who u know"... Which sucks, you just gotta network, heck even showing up and talk to the nurse recruiter face to face helps

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Specializes in Ortho-Neuro,labor and delivery, nursery.

Thanks for the info dRN1 and there's no need to be rude ct1989, she was just asking. I also sent you a PM dRN1

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Specializes in icu/er ccrn.

and man i was just informed by a few people this past week that they were going to leave their jobs and goto nsg school, i warned them the grass is no greener over here than there. the pubic needs to hear the fact that there are fewer jobs out there and the one that are open still are ussually the ones that nobody wants.

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Hey Phil, why do you call yourself c diff? yikes! :D

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Specializes in icu/er ccrn.

when i first started in the icu as a new nurse, all the older nurses made light of the fact that they gave me the sickest patients in the unit & they made sure the patients had terrible cases of c-diff. also it seemed like almost every pt i got eventually got c-diff for awhile. so they started calling me "diff" which is short for c-diff.

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In response to the people wanting to leave their jobs to go to nursing school.. Yes it may not be good now.. but in a few years you think it will pick back up?? I am starting in August and I dont want to go to school and get out in 2 years and not be able to find a dang job if my life depended on it.. Haha

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I'm a new RN with 6 years experience as a LPN working in Med/Surg and Telemetry. I'm having difficulty finding a position, too. I'm still working as a LPN because my facility has to have a RN opening before I can apply. Yes, it is weird. I work for the V.A. I also live on the MS Gulf Coast!!

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I find it very surprising that new graduate nurses are having issues finding a job in MS. I see SO MANY openings for nursing all over the state of MS. I wouldn't suggest for anyone to leave their job to go to nursing school. If you have a job in this economy, you better keep it! I just got accepted into the RN program for this Fall. The only reason why I'm considering doing nursing because the job I had lost it's funding. Yet, I'm still out their hustling and applying for jobs. When I get the call that I got the job I interviewed for, I"m going to take it. I will have to put nursing on the back burner because it is all about working and being able to be self sufficient and pay off debt, whether it is nursing or another profession. So anyone who has a job now, DON'T QUIT IT FOR NURSING SCHOOL! :D

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Don't quit for nursing school? I have to disagree, I would encourage anyone to go to nursing school, because RN may be one of the few professions with jobs in a few years. It is the number 1 recession proof job. So going to school could save their butt in the years to come!

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Don't quit for nursing school? I have to disagree, I would encourage anyone to go to nursing school, because RN may be one of the few professions with jobs in a few years. It is the number 1 recession proof job. So going to school could save their butt in the years to come!

If you have a job in this economic times, you better NOT quit it. Nursing is not a recession proof job. If you want a recession proof job you better go into education. There are people getting laid off from nursing all over the US. Some hospitals have hiring freezes and some are closing across the US. I'm not knocking nursing because I got accepted into a Fall program. You just better have faith in God to get a job even in nursing. If you have a job, you should just arrange your schedule around nursing school. I wouldn't suggest quitting it. Again, I suggest you to have faith in God. God's people are prospering and finding jobs in this economy other's who aren't connected to God are the one's who are worried. I know folks might get mad, but it is the truth. This is not the time to fall off with your relationship with God. I just felt that I should add that. :)

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I guess CNN and Time money are wrong to state that Registered Nurses have the number 1 recession proof job? Education is not at the top of the list. It is Registered Nurses and people with computer science degrees. People will always need health care and get sick. Nursing has the most shortage of workers than any other career now. It is like over 600 thousand shortages throughout the US. This is a fact: REGISTERED NURSES HAVE THE #1 Recession Proof Job, and I didn't make that fact, the experts did. I just graduated back in May and put in for over 20 different positions, and even got the job that I wanted over all the others, and yes I thank God for that, but it is ridiculous to say we should be concerned because people will always be sick and hospitals need skilled RNs to do the job, because not just anybody can fill that spot!

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